Backend Engineer

Standard Chartered; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank is seeking a skilled technical leader with extensive experience in software development, particularly in Java and backend technologies. The successful candidate will foster an engineering culture, manage technical resources, and drive strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing the bank’s software solutions and processes. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and have a passion for developing cohesive, high-quality products, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Medical and life insurance

Flexible working options

Competitive retirement savings plan

Time-off for maternity and sabbatical

Proactive wellbeing support programs

Continuous learning and development opportunities

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development focusing on backend projects.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Framework, and RESTful API development.
• Strong version control skills using Git.

Responsibilities

• Lead and set engineering best practices across teams.
• Collaborate with product managers to fulfill project objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement and technical excellence.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Agile Methodologies

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Java

Spring Framework

RESTful APIs

SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)

NoSQL (MongoDB)

Git

Job description

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• Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices and provide technical assistance to the members of their Chapter.
• Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.
• Acts as a conduit for the wider domain strategy, for example technical standards.
• Prioritises and makes available capacity for technical debt.
• This role is around capability building, it is not to own applications or delivery.
• Maintain exemplary coding standards across the full stack, contributing to both front-end and back-end codebases.
• Function as a technical leader and active coder, setting and enforcing domain-specific best practices and technology standards.
• Allocate technical resources and personal coding time effectively, balancing leadership with hands-on development tasks.
• Collaborate with product managers and other tech leads to ensure applications meet functional requirements and strategic objectives
• Select and implement resilient technology stacks and architectural patterns, personally contributing to the development of a scalable and robust payment platform.
• Lead and partake in system changes, ensuring project delivery is efficient and meets quality standards, directly involving oneself in coding and problem-solving.
• Actively shapes and drives towards the Bank-Wide engineering strategy and programmes to uplift standards and steer the technological direction towards excellence.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers, front-end developers, and back-end engineers to deliver cohesive and integrated software solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
• Cultivate an engineering culture that values excellence, feedback, and clean code, driving the chapter towards innovative and efficient practices.
• Develop a strategic approach that enhances SDLC process efficiency, delivering high-quality and scalable solutions.
• Integrate Thought Leadership to upskill the team in areas like quality assurance, enhancing user experience, and effective use of automation and APIs.
Business
• Experienced practitioner and hands on contribution to the squad delivery for their craft (Eg. Engineering).
• Responsible for balancing skills and capabilities across teams (squads) and hives in partnership with the Chief Product Owner & Hive Leadership, and in alignment with the fixed capacity model.
• Responsible to evolve the craft towards improving automation, simplification and innovative use of latest market trends.
• Trusted advisor to the business. Work hand in hand with the Business, taking product programs from investment decisions, into design, specification, and solution phases, all the way to operations on the ground and securing support services from other teams.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise for the subdomain to achieve goals and outcomes
• Support respective businesses in the commercialisation of capabilities, bid teams, monitoring of usage, improving client experience, and collecting defects for future improvements.
• Manage business partner expectations. Ensure delivery to business meeting time, cost and with high quality
Processes
• Implement and uphold clear job descriptions and performance metrics in line with the group's standards to ensure accountability and excellence.
• Manage the lifecycle of products or services, ensuring governance is maintained and aligned with the group's framework.
• Champion the adoption of Change Delivery Standards to refine project management and lifecycle processes.
• Promote a feedback-rich environment, utilizing internal and external insights to continuously improve chapter operations.

Skills and Experience

People & Talent

• Drive the development of a dynamic engineering culture, advocating agile and lean practices for sustained growth and improvement.
• Promote a proactive learning environment and operational excellence within the chapter.
• Instil a 'business-first' mindset across the team, aligning engineering practices with strategic business objectives.
• Align team development with the chapter’s objectives, ensuring a focus on strategic skill advancement and personal growth.
• Attract and retain top engineering talent to build a highly skilled and innovative team advancing the Chapter and Hive goals.

• Design and uphold a robust risk management plan, with contingencies for succession and role continuity, especially in critical positions.
• Encourage proactive risk identification and management, establishing a vigilant culture that anticipates and addresses issues swiftly.
• Coordinate risk escalation and participate in resolution processes, ensuring timely understanding the root cause.

Governance
• Exemplify and promote adherence to the group's values and code of conduct, ensuring all activities comply with regulatory and ethical standards.
• Take on accountability for the governance of processes and practices, ensuring they meet both internal and external regulatory requirements.
• Represent the chapter in relevant forums, advocating for the chapter's needs and ensuring alignment with organisational directives.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Ensure a comprehensive understanding of and adherence to local banking laws, anti-money laundering regulations, and other compliance mandates.
• Conduct business activities with a commitment to legal and regulatory compliance, fostering an environment of trust and respect.

Other Responsibilities
• Champion the company's broader mission and values, integrating them into daily operations and team ethos.
• Undertake additional responsibilities as necessary, ensuring they contribute to the organisation's strategic aims and adhere to Group and other Relevant policies.

Qualifications

Requirements & Skills
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with a comprehensive background in full-stack development.
• 8+ years of experience in software development with at least 5 years focused on Backend based projects involving Java and Spring frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience with RESTful API development, including proficiency with OAuth2, JWT, and Security aspects.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API development and experience with both SQL (like MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (like MongoDB).
• Strong version control skills using tools like Git, with a commitment to maintaining high standards of code quality through reviews and automated tests.
• Exceptional communication and team-building skills, with the capacity to mentor developers, facilitate technical skill growth, and align team efforts with strategic objectives.
• Ability to lead in dynamic, iterative development environments.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thingand are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle,continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together,we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter,we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-offincluding annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills,global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning cultureto support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.